Blogs from Valea Screzii , Prahova, Muntenia, Romania, Europe

"If you find something good, take it. If you have something good, leave it."

Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Prahova » Valea Screzii January 23rd 2010

After many meetings, much preparation, three flights (one being 11 hours from Salt Lake City to Paris) and 3 movies, we finally made it to Romania. After going through customs and claiming all but one of our 20 bags, the 15 of us (12 University of Idaho Students and 3 advisers) were ready to leave Bucharest and be on our way to Valea Screzii, a village about an hour and a half away. Well, things didn’t quite go as planned once we realized that one of the guys on our 15 person team had left his passport on the airplane and was now being held in limbo in the Bucharest airport. Hmmmmm. After waiting for five extra hours on the airport floor, we decided to leave one of our advisers in Bucharest to wait for the ... read more

Changing seasons, currency confusion and a moment of connection

Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Prahova » Valea Screzii December 15th 2007

Winter wonderland

Mandie

I have a lot of moments here which make me feel happy to be alive - perhaps it's the natural beauty of the place, the genuine people I come into contact with or just simply doing something I enjoy in life. I have completely enjoyed watching the seasons change here too - the colours of autumn were awesome (we miss out on those in tropical Queensland!) and now we have had our first real heavy snow fall the place has been transformed into a true winter wonderland - thought you might like some of the photos! I also have a lot of moments that make me chuckle, and there is never a shortage of chuckles when I have to interact with shopkeepers! In the past couple of years Romania decided to simplify its currency and delete ... read more

Romania...its just so random

Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Prahova » Valea Screzii September 3rd 2007

One of the many churches

Mandie

I was greeted by a small Romanian clan from Pro Vita (the organisation I am volunteering for) - Mel, Mihail and Janet (Mel's English aunt) at the airport, an enthusiastic reception despite the late hour (almost midnight) as my flight was delayed by over an hour. At the car I am met immediately with Mihail booming out to me "NO NO NO, DONT TOUCH THE BOOT OF THE CAR!!" - it apparently fell off its hinges a while back and is now tied on by some rope. So we squeeze my backpack through the only backdoor that works and all pile in. We then meet a rather large traffic jam whilst trying to get out of the carpark, with all the Romanians dealing with it in typical Romanian fashion - by all beeping their horns and ... read more

Brief history of Romania

The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their autonomy in 1856; they united in 1859 and a few years later adopted the new name of Romania. The country gained recognitio...more history

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